“[S]o temper all things that the strong may still have something to long after, and the weak may not draw back in alarm.” It’s from a different context–some of you may recognize it–but it works well for the vocation of teaching, too.
Gardner Writes
Aut Inveniam, Aut Faciam
Temper, now there’s a word that will keep one guessing,. While I would venture, given the context it means to moderate one’s passions, emotions or tone; I just can’t help thinking of the passionate outburst that characterizes my own relationship to this word. Language’s propensity towards revaluation and, at times, complete subversion of meanings oer time make it anything but a tempered set of signs.
He who works, prays.
Two apt comments!